The TV series "Hunting the Winged Lion" is a new detective story based on Elena Mikhalkova's novel. Private detectives Ilyushin and Babkin are approached by the husband of the missing Victoria. It turns out that after a fight with him, she ran away alone from Samara to the Northern capital for a vacation and stopped contacting anyone. Meanwhile, Victoria herself gets involved in a criminal adventure in St. Petersburg. Someone plants a stolen antique ring in her purse at the museum, which leads to both the police and the criminals hunting her down.